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Why would you bother doing this? What purpose are you trying to serve?
Trying to create 15lb increment with only 10lb & 5lb plates. For now I just went up to 20lb with 2x10lb plates but I wanted to know if 10+5 was advisable
Change plates are pretty cheap on Amazon
Mm I'd rather just round up or down for now, but good to know that there's an option
Also, curiosity.
If you must try this, swap sides every set (and do an even number of them)
Got it
Did u succeed? I have kind of a similar problem as my gym doesn’t have 2.5lbs plates, I was wondering if i could just throw a 5lbs on one side and just adjust my grip accordingly
No, I just rounded up 10lb. I increased my reps at the current weight before making the jump to +10lb, where I would start with 3-4 reps and work up.
For things like OHP this is not possible, so I've just been doing dumbbells there. Planning to buy change plates soon though.
Ah ok thanks a lot